Western Moon, Eastern Sea
The Mare Orientale,Latin for Eastern Sea, is one of the most strikinglarge scale lunar features.The youngest of the large lunar impact basins it’s very difficult to see from anearthbound perspective.Still, taken during a period of favorable tilt, or libration of the lunarnearside, the Eastern Sea can be found near top center in this sharptelescopic view, extremely foreshortenedalong the Moon’s western edge.
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